Re: [gentoo-user] Which is the Gentoo default? Openssl or Libressl?

[Mick]

On Tuesday 24 Jan 2017 23:59:24 Andrew Lowe wrote:
> On 24/01/17 23:47, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> > On 01/24/2017 10:38 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> 	Title says it all. I think I've managed to screw things up, a USE flag
> >>
> >> here, a USE flag there - what's a USE flag between fiends sort of thing.
> >> I want to sort things out and I know at one time or another I think I've
> >> dabbled in both openssl and libressl and now have some sort of mixed up
> >> hybrid. What is the current Gentoo default so I can work on getting back
> >> to "normal".
> >
> > There is no default per se, but OpenSSL has better support because
> > that's what most upstream projects target. The way most ebuilds are
> > written, you will get OpenSSL unless you have USE=libressl set.
>
> Thanks.

egrep *ssl -r /etc/portage/

will show you if any USE flags have been set.  Remove manually any USE flags you 
don't need, e.g. libressl and then run:

emerge -uaNDv world

to reinstall any packages that were affected by it.
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Regards,
Mick